Brillat-Savarin is a triple cream dessert cheese that was created by cheese-maker Henri Androuët in the 1930s. It is named after 19^th century gastronome and epicure, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

It is an industrial cheese produced by three dairies situated in the Ile de France region. Since classified as a triple cream cheese, Brillat-Savarin has a fat content of at least 75% achieved by adding rich, luscious cream to whole milk.

Young cheeses taste similar to fresh cheese but usually they are matured for about four to five weeks to develop more complex flavors.

A matured Brillat-Savarin has a typical white, bloomy rind with an interior paste that is buttery-white in color. The texture is dense, moist, and slightly chalky with enough lusciousness and creaminess for a triple cream cheese. Flavors are of butter, salt and cream with hints of mushroom, nuts and truffles.

Brillat-Savarin pairs well with Pale Ale and Champagne and sometimes with a Domaine Chandon Rosé or a Viognier.

• Made from cow's milk
• Country of origin: France
• Region: Ile de France
• Type: semi-soft, artisan
• Fat content: 75%
• Texture: creamy and dense
• Rind: mold ripened
• Color: white

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Other French cheeses:

• hard cheeses: Ardi Gasna, Cantal, Crayeux de Roncq, Crottin de Chavignol, Etorki, Fourme de Montbrison, Fromage a Raclette, Laguiole, Lou Palou, Salers, Sancerre, Tomme Brulee
• semi-hard cheeses: Abbaye de Belloc, Abondance, Babybel, Brebis du Lavort, Cantal, Esbareich, Filetta, Fresh Truffles, Matocq, Mimolette (Boule de Lille), Pas de l'Escalette, Petit Pardou, Tomme de Romans, Tourmalet, Trappe (Veritable), Trou du Cru
• semi-soft cheeses: Abbaye de Citeaux, Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Aisy Cendre, Ambert, Ami du Chambertin, Aromes au Gene de Marc, Bleu Des Causses, Brie de Melun, Brin, Brin d'Amour, ... show all ... , Calenzana, Chabichou du Poitou, Charolais, Dauphin, Fleur du Maquis, Fresh Truffles, Fromage de Montagne de Savoie, Langres, La Vache Qui Rit, Le Brin, Le Fium Orbo, Livarot, Mamirolle, Maroilles, Mont D'or Lyonnais, Morbier, Morbier Cru de Montagne, Murol, Neufchatel, Ossau Fermier, Pave d'Auge, Port-Salut, Reblochon, Rocamadour, Rollot, Roquefort, Sainte Maure, Saint-Nectaire, Saint-Paulin, Sourire Lozerien, Tamie, Tomme de Chevre, Tommes
• soft cheeses: Affidelice au Chablis, Anneau du Vic-Bilh, Baguette Laonnaise, Banon, Bleu de Laqueuille, Bougon, Boule Du Roves, Boursault, Boursin, Bouyssou, ... show all ... , Brebis du Puyfaucon, Bresse Bleu, Brie, Brie au poivre (Brie with pepper), Brie de Meaux, Briquette de Brebis, Briquette du Forez, Brousse du Rove, Buchette d'Anjou, Butte, Cabecou, Cachaille, Camembert, Camembert de Normandie, Caprice des Dieux, Carre de l'Est, Cathelain, Cendre d'Olivet, Chabichou du Poitou, Chabis de Gatine, Chaource, Chevrotin des Aravis, Civray, Coeur de Camembert au Calvados, Coeur de Chevre, Coulommiers, Crottin du Chavignol, Cure Nantais, Delice des Fiouves, Dreux a la Feuille, Epoisses de Bourgogne, Explorateur, Figue, Fin-de-Siecle, Fondant de Brebis, Fontainebleau, Fougerus, Fourme de Haute Loire, Fresh Truffles, Frinault, Fromage Corse, Galette du Paludier, Galette Lyonnaise, Gastanberra, Grand Vatel, Grataron d' Areches, Gratte-Paille, Greuilh, Gris de Lille, Guerbigny, Laruns, La Taupiniere, L'Aveyronnais, L'Ecir de l'Aubrac, Le Lacandou, Lingot Saint Bousquet d'Orb, Lou Pevre, Lyonnais, Macconais, Margotin, Mothais a la Feuille, Munster, Nantais, Niolo, Olivet au Foin, Olivet Bleu, Olivet Cendre, Palet de Babligny, Pate de Fromage, Patefine Fort, Pave de Chirac, Pelardon des Cevennes, Pelardon des Corbieres, Perail de Brebis, Picodon de Chevre, Pithtiviers au Foin, Poivre d'Ane, Pont l'Eveque, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Pourly, P'tit Berrichon, Pyramide, Quatre-Vents, Quercy Petit, Regal de la Dombes, Rigotte, Romans Part Dieu, Rouleau De Beaulieu, Rustinu, Saint Agur, Saint-Marcellin, Selles sur Cher, Soumaintrain, Taupiniere, Tomme des Chouans, Tommes, Touree de L'Aubier, Valencay, Venaco, Vendomois, Vieux Corse, Vignotte
• fresh soft cheeses: Autun, Boulette d'Avesnes, Brocciu, Fromage Frais, Le Roule, Mascares, Pave d'Affinois, Petit-Suisse, Roule